Depiction \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.]
   A painting or depicting; a representation.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	depiction
     n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
          narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the
          author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";
          "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of
          famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting,
           delineation, picture, characterization, characterisation]
     2: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: depicting,
         portraying, portrayal]
     3: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: delineation,
         limning, line drawing]
     4: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: delineation,
         portrayal]

	

	72 Moby Thesaurus words for "depiction":
   alphabet, art, blueprint, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character,
   character sketch, charactering, characterization, chart,
   choreography, conventional representation, dance notation,
   delineation, demonstration, depictment, description, details,
   diagram, drama, drawing, evocation, exemplification, figuration,
   graphic account, hieroglyphic, iconography, ideogram, illustration,
   image, imagery, imaging, impression, itemization, letter, limning,
   logogram, logograph, map, musical notation, notation,
   particularization, photograph, pictogram, picture, picturization,
   plan, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment,
   printing, profile, projection, realization, rendering, rendition,
   representation, schema, score, script, sketch, specification,
   syllabary, symbol, tablature, vignette, vivid description,
   word painting, writing